Telephone attachment



April 24, 1928.

E. COL EMAN TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT Filed July 2, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 2C'ojeman April 24. 1928.

E. COLEMAN TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT I Filed July 2, 192's 2 Shasta-Shea!Qwuwntoz ZZ CQZam am (an emu Patented 'Apr. 24, 1928. i p 1 UNITEDSTATES -P TEN p I EDwAnn ootnmannor oaxtnnnld g i V i y I rELEPHoNEA'Ji'IlAGiH JlIENTQ i Application filed July 2, 19215 Serial u 41,221;

, This invention relates to pencil holding looking in thedirectionindicated by the ar attachmentsiortelephones and which mayrows. also hold one or more memorandum sheets Figure G is a view similarto Figure 4, or a memorandum pad, and has as one of its illustrating afurther modification of the inobjects to provide an attachment of thisclassf ve'ntionf 1 i which may be readily applied. to any ordi-cfFiguref'Zis a side elevation of themodi finary telephone without any"alteration of the cation shown in Figure f telephone and without theemployment of Figure 8 is a plan viewof onecorner of tools of anyvcharacter and which willsupthe blauk from which the attachment shownportthe articles to be held in position for in Figures 6 and 7 is made.most convenient use." In that form oftheinventio'n shown'in Anotherobject oftheinvention istopro- Figures 1, 2 and 3 o fthe drawings,theiat vide an attachment for the purpose stated Y' ath'lncnt Comprisesa body "plate 1 whichjs which will not inany Way interfere with the toconstitute a heaviest f r the l lELH- use of the telephone inthebrdinary mand um, as will be presently explained, a-ndthis Her d hi hill be adapt d ti pport plate is formed at its] lower edge and'mid thememorandum pad orfsheets associated W Y bBt-WBBII its end edgeswith atongue therewith, in such position that it may be P 15 indicated by hnumeral 2, which 'most conveniently consulted; a tongue isbenttofextendforwardly at right 20 Another object of theinvention is to so gsm he plane-of theplate 'and 'is construct the deviee'that it,cinitself, will hen efoldedback {uponlitself as at3,"so

' not obstruct or obscure the telephone numas to O a fiat $18GV64 towhich'is permaher which is ordinarily located above and in e y an re y pd e in er rear of the mouthpiece of the transmitter ate portion 5 etaspring clampingniember 25 h telephone set, I p which con' prises, inaddition to its said in; Another object ofthe invention is toproteln'lediflte PO H, clamping fingers 6 which id an tt h t for'tliepurpose stated extend downwardly and inwardly fromthe which may beformed in its entirety from ends of said portion and toward eachothersheet metal and produced at a low cost, and and I have their 7 lower endportions curved the invention also contemplates so construetg outwardlyas at 7 thus adapting the fingers ing the attachment that it will not beliable to be readily fitted over e mouthpiece 8 to become accidentallydisplaced when once of e m Sm i 0f e l 10 6 11 o ted up th t l phonconnection with which the attachment is eni- In the accompanyingdrawingszf ployechthe rear f e of the plate 1 at such 35 Fi r 1 iperspegtive i f on f time resting, against the forward face of the 0fthe attachment embodying the invention, l liillsn'lltter casing and theplate being, in t Figure 2 is a detailvertical front to rear $1113 111 Spp irIliaIl p g P S sectional View throughthe attachment and a iony I cpad supported thereby, themouthpiece. of -111 order that a suitablememorandum the telephone transmitter being shown in pad or memorandumsheets, indicated by the el ti c numeral 9, may be'supported likewise inup Figure 3 is a plan view of the blank'irom right position, by thenttaclnnenhwhere it which the attachment shown in Figures 1 may be mostconveniently consulted, the it and 2 is formed. 7 Y a p platel'is formedat itsiopposite lower cor- 45 Figure 4 is a front elevation illustratingners with narrow strip-like extensions 10 a modified form of theinvention. which arebent attheir juncture with the Figure 5 is avertical front to rear secloweredge'of the'plate to extend in. fajfon ational view on the line 55 of Figure l, warddirectioh as at 11, and arethen bent ,c

as at 12 to provide upwardly extending padclamping fingers 13, the upperends of which are preferably directed forwardly as indicated by thenumeral 14 so as to permit of the meniiorandum pad or sheets beingreadily slipped into position between the fingers and the 'forward faceof the plate 1, where it is retained by the said fingers 13, it beingunderstood that the attachment is to be formed from "resilient sheetmetal.

In order that a lead pencil may be sup ported by the attachment in-posi-tion for convenient use, the blank from which the attachment isformed is provided atits lower edge immediately inwardly of theextensions 10, with similar narrow extensions 15 which are bent atthen-juncture with the said lower edge of the plate 1, to extendoutwardly" or "forwardly from the plane of the plate substantially'horizontally fora distance equal to the length of the bend 11, asindicatedby the numeral 16, and thence bent to extend forwardly andupwardly as at 17, to provide gripping fingers "occupying a plane spacedin advance of the, plane occupied by the fingers '13. As will beobserved by reference, to, Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, a leadpencil 18 is adapted to be disposed within theconcavitiesor the fingers17 and will be t'ictionall-y retained in place, being engagedby thesefingers and through their resiliency, held at other points against theforward sides of the fingers 13 near their bends .12. i i i Froni ftheforegoing description of this casing of the telephone set, which holderre-' tains theslip bearing the telephone number. t will be evident thatby slightly upwardly displacing the pad; 9, the number mayv be readilyexposed to view.

In that form of the invention shown in Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings,the attachment comprises a plate 21 correspondin to the plate 1 off thepreviously described form and constituting a backrest for the memorandumpad, and the said plate 21 is provided with pad gripping fingers 22correspending to the pad gripping lingers 13' and with fingers; forgripping a pencil corresponding to the fingers 17 Likewise, the plate inthis form, is provided with an opening 24 corresponding to the opening19 in the previously described form. This embodiment of the invention,however, differs from the form shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, in the meansprovided for attaching the plate to and supporting the same upon themouthpiece of the telephone. In this embodiment, the plate 21 isprovided at its lower edge intermediate its ends with an extendedportion which is bent to form a sleeve 25 which is open at its uppersideand which at its opposite ends and upper edge is formed with overtiu'nedfingers 26 which are thus spaced and which rest against the upper sideoi? the mouthpiece 27 of the telephone, the underside of the sleeve 25at its interi'ncdiate portion, likewise resting upon the upper side ofthe said mouthpiece. A helical spring 28 hasis intermediate portionfitted into the open upper side ofthe sleeve 25 and thespring isprovided at one end with an eye 29, andjat its other end with a hook30., and in applying the attachment, to themouthpiece of a telephone,the sleeve 25 and its fingers 26 are disposed upon the upper side of themouthpiece and thespring 28 is stretched and carried about the mouthpiece until the ends are brought together,

whereupon the book 30 is engaged in the eye 29 and the attachment isthen securely installed in place. inasmuch as the sleeve engages; theupper It will be evident that side of the, mouthpiece and the ends ofthe two lingers2G'lilrewise engage the mouthpiece at spa'ccdpoints,thereean'be no forward or backward rocking movement-07E the plate 21,particularly in view of the fact that the plate itself rests at its rearside againstthe front of the transmitter casing.

The form of the invention shown in Fig ures ti, 7 and 8 of the.drawings, does not I if.) t)

differ materially from the form shown in" Figures & and 5, and parts inFigures 6, 7 and '8 corresponding to those shown 1n Figures 1 and 5, aredesignated by like'reierence numerals with the addi'tionoii the sufiiir'a, In this embodiment, however, the fingers 23 which, in the previousembodiment supported the pencil, are replaced by hookshaped fingers 31which are provided by "forming the plate 21 at its upper corners withlateral extensions joined integrally with the plate as at 33 at theirupper end portions, these extensions being folded over against the rearside of the plate and then bent, on a curved, line, upwardly andrearwardly so as to fornrthe'iingers 31. Likewise, in this embodiment ofthe invention, the spring which is indicated by the numeral 28 iscontinuous instead of-being pro vided with the coacting connectionelements shown in Figure 4 of the drawings, so that by removing themouthpiece to -t the telephone, the spring may be fitted over thesmaller end of the meuthpiece and in this manner the necessity of'mutiia'lly engaging the connecting elements 29 and 30 of the nallythereof, a resilient clamping member previously described form of theinvention compris ng an intermediate portion reta ned is obviated.Within the sleeve and lateral gripping fin- Having thus describedtheinvention,what gers for embracing the mouthpiece of a 5 I 01211111is: telephone transmitter to support the plate 15 A pencil and memorandaholding attachin upright position thereon, and pad and ment fortelephones comprising a backing pencil holding means upon the plate. 7plate, a substantially fiat horizontally dis- In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature. posed sleeve member integral With the lower i I i ir W edge of the plate and extending longitudif EDWVARD COLEMAN. [L.s.]

